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Retro-carded re-painted X-Men speculation


Benn

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So far this year we've seen retro-carded Storm and Beast re-paints, and it got me thinking about what other characters might get the treatment. Storm's just a straight re-paint, but Beast got a few new parts, so there's apparently potential for minor parts changes, even with a swanky new sculpt in the equation. Here are some ideas I had:

  • Archangel/Psylocke: Both would make for easy X-Force re-paints with no new parts necessary.
  • Colossus: We just got that beautiful all-new sculpt that came with Juggernaut. Some different thigh pieces that change the look of the boots and maybe some differently-shaped tiger-stripe-Wolverine-esque shoulder-pad overlays, and it goes from 70s Colossus to 90s Colossus.
  • Cyclops: The recent X-Factor Cyclops could be re-painted and combined with the Jim Lee Cyclops head for a later-era X-Factor re-paint.

Anybody have other thoughts about easy re-paint possibilities?

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8 minutes ago, RyanDaly said:

Wouldn't be tough to this lineup. Storm and Banshee's heads would need to be new, but Gambit, Wolverine, Psylocke, and Jubilee would just be repaints of existing bodies. 

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And you know how Hasbro loves to use that Wolverine mold. IMO Banshee pulls it off the best. I could see Hasbro putting out this Banshee in a a BAF wave and then putting out his classic green and gold in the following X-Men retro wave.

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1 hour ago, RAMCAT said:

 

Stryfe rereleased would be nice. A shinier repaint at least

Yes this would be nice, since I was foolish enough to pass on him during his release and I regret it so much.

I would think that we'd be getting Classic Uniforms or the Training Uniforms probably sooner than we think

I'd personally like to see re-paint Psylocke, it can be any way I'll be content, and a re-paint of Rogue or Kitty

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I'm all for a Stryfe rerelease as I sold mine for a pretty penny.

4 hours ago, RyanDaly said:

Wouldn't be tough to this lineup. Storm and Banshee's heads would need to be new, but Gambit, Wolverine, Psylocke, and Jubilee would just be repaints of existing bodies. 

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They can probably reuse the hair from Grey Widow for Storm.

And I'm partial to this Banshee as opposed to the green one because one of the first X-men figures I got was the Toybiz Banshee with this costume that had a literal whistle on his chest!

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2 hours ago, MonsterChris said:

Wait, what's wrong with his chest?

Something was up with his nipples 😄. Well the 2 I had looked just like this one.

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1 hour ago, EUPHORICVIKING said:

Not as shiny.

Chrome! 🤩  Nah I dunno; I think the silver was flat. Would be neat to see him on a ML retro card.

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4 hours ago, MonsterChris said:

I'd love Havok and Multiple Man, both in their classic uniforms.  Havok would need a new head.  In fact, if they really wanted to knock it out of the park, give Havok an interchangeable head and some snap-on containment armor pieces so we can get two looks in one.

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I would love an Atom mask Havok

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6 hours ago, RyanDaly said:

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If we start getting those training uniforms, though, I want that Shi'ar Xavier too! I always liked that look.

6 hours ago, EUPHORICVIKING said:

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I never noticed before that it's only the Astonishing costume in this picture until you get to the boots, which are from the original tiger-stripe look. Weird.

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23 hours ago, Benn said:

So far this year we've seen retro-carded Storm and Beast re-paints, and it got me thinking about what other characters might get the treatment. Storm's just a straight re-paint, but Beast got a few new parts, so there's apparently potential for minor parts changes, even with a swanky new sculpt in the equation. Here are some ideas I had:

  • Archangel/Psylocke: Both would make for easy X-Force re-paints with no new parts necessary.
  • Colossus: We just got that beautiful all-new sculpt that came with Juggernaut. Some different thigh pieces that change the look of the boots and maybe some differently-shaped tiger-stripe-Wolverine-esque shoulder-pad overlays, and it goes from 70s Colossus to 90s Colossus.
  • Cyclops: The recent X-Factor Cyclops could be re-painted and combined with the Jim Lee Cyclops head for a later-era X-Factor re-paint.

Anybody have other thoughts about easy re-paint possibilities?

I agree with the Colossus topic. And I wouldn't be surprised if the X-Factor Cyclops was rereleased with yellow instead of the white.

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